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Scottish prime prices on the rise for first time in three years
The top-end of Scotland's country house market is on the up for the first time in over three years, according to the latest from Knight Frank, with interest, activity and prices increasing year-on-year…
£5.25m One Hyde Park resale snapped up after bidding frenzy
Only the second apartment to be resold in Candy & Candy's One Hyde Park development - a 988 square foot, one-bedroom unit priced at £5.
Black Brick expands buying team
Buying agency Black Brick has hired Jessica Parkinson as its newest consultant.
PCL market plateauing as capital values calm – WA Ellis
Prime central London's ever-upward trajectory seems to be coming to an end, especially in the £6-15m bracket, according to the latest from WA Ellis.
Exchanges up 40% in Jackson-Stops’s “best summer since the recession”
Jackson-Stops & Staff's new Chairman Nick Leeming has been trumpeting the firm's "best summer since the recession".
The country-spanning, 40-office network has certainly been in the deals;
Agents’ Mutual to launch next year (ahead of schedule) as over 1,000 offices sign-up
Agents' Mutual, the unnamed estate agency-owned property portal that aims to take down the Rightmove/Zoopla duopoly, has hit its golden number of signed-up offices, and can now "move forward to implementation…
London steams ahead as transaction volumes reach seven-year high
Strutt & Parker has done a sterling job of reviewing Q3 figures across prime central London, unearthing some eye-catching stats on the volume of deals over the last few months.
Surge in off-market deals, second-home buyers and (finally) some quality London stock
Buyers are returning to the prime market in their droves across the UK, according to Knight Frank's acquisition arm The Buying Solution.
Green light for Village Green development
It's now a bit easier to build on village greens, thanks to new landowner rights that came in yesterday (1st October 2013).
What is an estate agent? OFT revises the definition
The Office of Fair Trading has revised its definition of what it is to be an estate agent.
New portal gears up for UK launch
A new property portal is preparing for a UK-wide roll out tomorrow, aiming to address "disquiet" amongst estate and letting agents.
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Planning nod for Southbank’s £1bn high-rise cluster
Carlyle Group's big plans for a "Gateway to Southwark" have been recommended for approval by the Council.
Image by DBOX for the Carlyle Group and PLP Architecture